iPod touch, nano and shuffle review – Apple’s Best iPod lineup yet!

Apple may not have invented the MP3 player, but with its iPod range it certainly defined it. Every year consumers and rivals alike wait for the company’s September music event, to see what the must-have functionality and hardware is this season. SlashGear has been playing with the new fourth-generation iPod shuffle, fifth-generation iPod nano and fourth-generation iPod touch since Apple’s unveil ...

Sounds like art fraud: Acoustic waves give clues to paintings' provenance

Theft, imitation and outright deception can make a painting's history even murkier than centuries of accumulated grime. But getting to the bottom of a piece of art's origins can be crucial for restoration --and forensics. [More] Fraud - Crime - Theft - Provenance - Art and Antiquities

Rhythm Devils bring the beat to Northern Lights

There's no band from the classic rock era whose musicians have spun off into so many different part-time bands -- from the New Riders of the Purple Sage to drummer Bill Kreutzmann's New Orleans-flavored 7 Walkers, who played at the late, much-lamented Revolution Hall in Troy just three months ago. On Thursday night at Northern Lights, Kreutzmann was back in town, this time sharing the drum ...

An intelligent earplug

Why are these men smiling? Because they've invented an intelligent hearing protection unit that is the best of its type in the world. "Everyone who needs to communicate under extremely noisy conditions knows about us ... " they said.

10 amazing ways video games can change your life

They can save your life, crush your soul, make you a fortune, or even leave you penniless. Here are 10 reasons why video games have more real-world power than you think.

COFFEE BREAK: Saddle Tramp enjoyed ride

When Corus Radio turned off 1220 AM last Wednesday, 65 years of local radio history was unplugged. It signed off as CJUL. On Feb. 15, 1945, at 6 p.m., 1230 AM (it would later slide over to 1220) signed on as CKSF -- the SF standing for Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall's first radio station.[...]